> On Fri, 02 Nov 2018 15:35:47 -0500, retrowavelength
> <retrowavelength@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>I recall having read other accounts that said that Hedy's idea, which
>>was patented & the patent turned over to the government, was not
>>actually put to use until after the war. Anyone else hear that?
>>
>>--rwl
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>
>
> The BIO posted here says.................................
>
>
> Biography - HEDDY LAMARR
>
> and screen presence made her one of the most popular actresses of her
> day.
>
> She was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler on November 9, 1914 in Vienna,
> Austria. At 17 years old, Hedy starred in her first film, a German
> project called Geld auf der Strase. Hedy continued her film career by
> working on both German and Czechoslavakian productions. The 1932
> German film Exstase brought her to the attention of Hollywood
> producers, and she soon signed a contract with MGM.
>
> Once in Hollywood, she officially changed her name to Hedy Lamarr and
> starred in her first Hollywood film, Algiers (1938), opposite Charles
> Boyer. She continued to land parts opposite the most popular and
> talented actors of the day, including Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable, and
> Jimmy Stewart. Some of her films include an adaptation of John
>
> As if being a beautiful, talented actress was not enough, Hedy was
> also extremely intelligent. In addition to her film accomplishments,
> Hedy patented an idea that later became the crutch of both secure
> military communications and mobile phone technology. In 1942, Hedy and
> composer George Antheil patented what they called the "Secret
> Communication System." The original idea, meant to solve the problem
> of enemies blocking signals from radio-controlled missiles during
> World War II, involved changing radio frequencies simultaneously to
> prevent enemies from being able to detect the messages. While the
> technology of the time prevented the feasibility of the idea at first,
> very important to both the military and the cell phone industry.
>
> This impressive technological achievement combined with her acting
> talent and star quality to make "the most beautiful woman in film" one
> of the most interesting and intelligent women in the movie industry.
>
Thanks for the followup on that. Their idea for preprogrammed
frequency changes later became known as "frequency hopping" and is
considered one of the types of "spread spectrum."
It has been interesting to see how often some of the 40s-50s models whom we
know only as "pinups" were college educated & no slouches when it came to
brains. Many portray models as only victims of exploiters but it seems to
me that many of them were forerunners of a form of women's lib because they
had their own careers, incomes, traveled widely & weren't just the woman
"behind a great man."
--rwl
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